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Beauty and Grace by Nikos Laios 2018-01-17 11:23:38 |
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Beauty and Grace
The truck was stuck In the dried mud; It was on fire, with Flames licking The rusted carcass, And the green cactus
Bending under the orange Sunlight that scrolled above That dark grey clouds as the Eggs and bacon sizzled And popped in the pan In the diner across The road.
They were slumped On their stools; The old couple who just Collected their pension cheque, A biker bent over a crossword Puzzle on the counter with a cup of Coffee clutched in his hand, a Teen couple with their last twenty Dollars stirring their forks in some Mashed potatoes.
Above this hell, Haunting violin notes Soared over the diner, Above the green cactus And above the burning truck With the flames licking the Tormented sky.
The fingers of a Street bum behind The diner played His violin like an angel, The music of Beethoven Soaring above it all filling Their ugly world with Some beauty and grace As he slumped against His card box watching The orange sky burn The grey clouds.
The old couple, The biker, and The teen lovers Were transfixed as They listened to this Beautiful symphony Float upwards from The dried desert, From this death, As tears trickled Down their cheeks.
In this ugly world There were occasionally Moments of profound Beauty that transcend, And this was one of them: As the truck outside Burned stuck in the dried mud, With the green cactus Bending under the orange Sun of a dying day As the eggs and bacon sizzled And popped in the pan In the diner.
For that moment, They had all forgotten their Mortality and their pain, For they felt something higher.
For the poor bum With his violin had Filled their souls With beauty and grace, And that's all that Mattered to them At that moment.
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With a digital drawing from Nikos Laios
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